18 March 2011
JD Wetherspoon plc ("the Company")
Transaction in own shares
Pursuant to the authority given to the Company by shareholders, the Company announces that it has purchased ordinary shares of 2p each as follows:
Date of purchase: 17 March 2011
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 1,000,000
Highest price paid: 425p
Lowest price paid: 420p
The purchase represented an average price of 422.8775 per share.
The purchased shares will be cancelled. Following this purchase, the total number of voting rights in JD Wetherspoon plc is 137,328,853.
Enquiries:
Sally Kenward, Tel.: 01923 477764
Asst. Company Secretary